Rhynchocephalia

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Proper noun

Rhynchocephalia

1. A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – lizard-like reptiles including only two extant species of tuataras of New Zealand and their numerous extinct relatives.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Chordata Craniata - clade; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptiliomorpha, Amniota, Reptilia, Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder

Hyponyms

• (order): Sphenodontidae - family; †Gephyrosaurus - genus

Coordinate terms

• (order in Lepidosauromorpha): Squamata (snakes, lizards, etc)

References

• Rhynchocephalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhynchocephalia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sphenodontia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Rhynchocephalia at Paleobiology Database
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248